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    How Science Helped Pen the Declaration of Independence

    This classic Facts So Romantic post originally ran in July, 2013. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . On July 4, 1776, representatives of 13 colonies on the eastern shores of North America signed a Declaration of Independence from England. Winning independence was still a bloody war ahead, an unlikely outcome. Declaring independence was […]
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    The Glassmaker Who Sparked Astrophysics

    His curious discovery, 200 years ago, foresaw our expanding universe.
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    How Science Helped Write the Declaration of Independence

    On July 4, 1776, representatives of thirteen colonies on the eastern shores of North America signed a Declaration of Independence from England. Winning independence was still a bloody war ahead, an unlikely outcome. Declaring independence was rashness, potentially carrying a death sentence for treason. Not, perhaps, what you would expect of well-educated men, many of […]